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Detroit: Then and Now: Extra Activities

Detroit was once a thriving city but has since faced devastating decline and abandonment. [1] Grand homes and businesses dotted the landscape as the auto industry boomed in the mid-20th century, but deindustrialization and urban flight left the city with a shrinking population and widespread deserted neighborhoods. [2] Photographs from the 1970s onward show the effects of this failed economic model, as deserted streets and abandoned buildings became common sights. [3] Today, Detroit works to rebuild from the effects of its past through new development and basic services for the few remaining residents.

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Detroit: Then and Now: Extra Activities

Detroit was once a thriving city but has since faced devastating decline and abandonment. [1] Grand homes and businesses dotted the landscape as the auto industry boomed in the mid-20th century, but deindustrialization and urban flight left the city with a shrinking population and widespread deserted neighborhoods. [2] Photographs from the 1970s onward show the effects of this failed economic model, as deserted streets and abandoned buildings became common sights. [3] Today, Detroit works to rebuild from the effects of its past through new development and basic services for the few remaining residents.

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Detroit: then and now

Life Extra Activities

Keywords
abandoned (adj) left empty
basic (adj) not difficult to understand and with no special features
demolish (v) to destroy something completely, especially a building, in order to
use the land for another purpose
deserted (adj) used to describe a place that has no people in it
devastating (adj) causing a lot of damage or hardship
failed (adj) completely unsuccessful
grand (adj) large and impressive
household (n) all the people living together in a house
shrink (v) to become less or smaller
widespread (adj) existing or happening in many places

Vocabulary practice
1 Complete these sentences with words from the Keywords box.

1 How many people are there in your _________?

2 The building is in a dangerous condition, so it’s going to be _________.

3 What can you do if your clothes _________ when you wash them?

4 The new arts centre is a very _________ building, with a beautiful entrance.

5 There was _________ violence during the riots, affecting much of the city.

6 When we arrived at the station, it was completely _________.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct adjective form of the verb given.
The first three are in the Keywords box.

1 The city was full of_____ abandon houses.

2 We walked through _____ desert streets.


3 The effect of the financial crisis was _____ devastate.

4 There was _____ shock news about the crime rate.

5 The _____ damage products are sold at half price.

6 The old and _____ neglect houses need to be demolished.

7 The government has helped _____ struggle cities like Detroit.

8 We didn’t apply for a grant and that was a _____ waste opportunity.

Grammar practice

3 Read the extracts from the article. What’s the missing word? Look at the article
and check your answer.

1 An autoworker could own a home, plus a boat, maybe ____ a holiday cottage.

2 Photographers ____ went especially to Detroit …

3 … which scared ____ more people away from the city.

4 … grocery stores, juice bars, coffee shops, ____ bicycle makers.

4 Insert even into the correct place in these sentences.

1 I had no money, not a penny.

2 They worked every day of the year, Christmas.

3 We asked everyone for help – we asked strangers.

4 San Francisco is big but Detroit is bigger.

5 The store sells everything, it sells animals.

6 Jack’s had a car accident? I didn’t know he could drive.

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